Los roles de las mujeres rurales en el departamento de Nari?o, Colombia. Tendencias y cambios

This article presents reections based on the work in Spaces of Encounter within the framework of the eld schools -ECAS- with rural and indigenous potato growers in ve municipalities of the Department of Nario. It identied issues, roles of women and men in family life and in agricultural work as well as expectations and desire for change and projections in their community interactions, associated with food security for their families and communities. It especially deals with the interest of rural women to prepare for decision making in family and community life.